
The Wall Street Journal
The Legacy of a Con Man
AT THE START of Lee Clay Johnson’s “Bloodline” (Panamerica, 376 pages, $25), Winston Alcorn drives with his wife and two sons to a sawmill in central Tennessee looking for work.
4 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
$15,000 for a Tattoo?
Pharrell Williams's auction house, Joopiter, is betting that bidders will compete for one-of-a-kind tattoo designs by contemporary artists
3 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Ozzy's Odyssey
READERS OF A certain age may recall significant disenchantment at the 1970 release of Black Sabbath's song \"Iron Man,\" which was said to be an exercise in aural dentistry, sans Novocain, unleashed by a band of devil worshipers. Yet many naysayers eventually cottoned to Sabbath's singer, Ozzy Osbourne. Two new books may explain why.
4 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
A Decade-Old Flop Is Now Held Up As Walmart's Shining Success
The largest private employer in the U.S., long a poster child for low pay, gave its workers a big raise. Back then, investors thought it was a bad move.
5 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
The Billionaire Duel Playing Across Two Sports Leagues
In the space of 24 hours this weekend, four teams owned by two American investors will square off in EPL and NFL games staged eight miles apart in London
3 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
The A-List Turned on Marc Benioff. Now He's Sorry.
The Salesforce CEO apologized for his comments on the National Guard
5 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Trump's Mideast Plan Hits a Snag
At the start of the week, President Trump declared the \"historic dawn of a new Middle East\" after securing a truce between Israel and Hamas that stopped the war in Gaza. Days later, the peace process is stumbling.
2 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Are You Ready For Flying Cars?
Because they're here at last...even if they look nothing like the Jetsons' ride. Dan Neil learns how to pilot the Pivotal BlackFly-the first series-produced, ultralight eVTOL for the consumer market.
6 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Trump: The Disrupter In Chief
No president has ever delivered so much so quickly, domestically and on the world stage. But his biggest challenge lies ahead in Xi Jinping's China.
10 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
California Sues Plastic Bag Makers Over Recycling
Most companies selling plastic bags in California are misleading consumers about whether their bags are ultimately recycled, Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged in a lawsuit.
2 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Trump Backlash Delays Green Shipping Plan
U.N.-backed proposal for carbon-emissions fees was criticized by the administration
3 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Goldman Seeks Bigger Role In AI Infrastructure Deals
Goldman Sachs is expanding its push into the hot market for financing data centers and other infrastructure, a move to grab a bigger piece of the AI boom.
1 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
City-Sized Supercomputers? First, OpenAI Needs Custom Chips.
The maker of ChatGPT and Sora wants to control its destiny, which means controlling the hardware that runs its software
4 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Apple Wins Rights to Stream Formula One Races in the U.S.
Tech giant will begin airing F1 races on its TV platform in 2026 under a five-year deal
2 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
BBVA's Hostile Bid For Rival Bank Fails
BBVA failed in its attempt to take over Banco de Sabadell, after an all-stock hostile bid that valued its smaller rival at over $19 billion fell short of the minimum threshold.
1 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
President Leans Into Diplomacy To Try to Break Ukraine Logjam
President Trump is betting that one more round of personal diplomacy will deliver a breakthrough in the more-than-three-year-long war in Ukraine after months of failed peace negotiations.
3 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
News in Briefs: Guys, Are You Wearing the Wrong Underwear?
Sporting the same style of boxer briefs all the time? A better approach: matching undies to the occasion. Here, a star trio.
1 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Still Your Favorite Bargain Red?
HAVE AMERICAN wine drinkers fallen out of love with Argentine Malbec? The question would have been unthinkable 14 years ago, the last time I devoted a column to Malbec.
4 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
A Whole Family Goes to College
When their daughter headed off to school, these parents hired a design pro to ingeniously transform a blah condo in her college town into their pied-à-terre. Result: visits made easy and chic.
3 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Ready for a Wrist ... Or Museum
Once seen purely as mechanical tools, watches are now embraced as collectible works of art
4 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
WINGS of DESIRE
Jean Schlumberger's whimsical Bird on a Rock design, a Tiffany icon since 1965, takes flight
4 min |
October 18, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
TIMESHIFT
From jump hours to stone dials, watchmakers mine the past to define today's boldest trends
4 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
THE TECH ELITE AND THE END OF THE WORLD: HOW AI IS PUSHING BILLIONAIRES TO BUILD THEIR OWN FUTURE
From Silicon Valley to New Zealand, a quiet but growing movement is unfolding among the world's most powerful technologists.
4 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
APPLE SETS SMART HOME PRODUCTION IN VIETNAM WITH SCREENED HOMEPOD HUB AND TABLETOP ROBOT
Apple is preparing a new wave of smart-home hardware and shifting final assembly to Vietnam, signaling a deeper geographic diversification of its supply chain.
4 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
APPLE AND BRING NBA GAMES INTO IMMERSIVE 3D ON APPLE VISION PRO SPECTRUM
Basketball is taking a leap into the future.
3 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
META PARTNERS WITH ARM TO POWER AI RECOMMENDATIONS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM
Meta Platforms is deepening its investment in custom computing with a landmark agreement that brings Arm Holdings into the core of its data center strategy.
3 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
APPLE EXPANDS SOLAR AND WIND INVESTMENTS ACROSS EUROPE
Apple is doubling down on its commitment to renewable energy with a sweeping new initiative that adds hundreds of megawatts of solar and wind capacity across Europe.
4 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
M5 Devices
THE NEXT-GENERATION PROCESSOR POWERING VISION PRO, IPAD PRO, AND MACBOOK PRO
6 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
OPENAI LAYS OUT FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO FULFILL $1 TRILLION SPENDING PLEDGE
OpenAl has finalized a five-year strategy to meet more than $1 trillion in infrastructure and development spending pledges, outlining how the company intends to finance and operationalize one of the largest technological buildouts in modern history.
3 min |
October 18, 2025

Techlife News
STARSHIP FLIES AGAIN AND SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS GAIN MOMENTUM
On October 13, 2025, SpaceX successfully conducted its 11th Starship flight test, launching from Starbase, Texas, and completing a full mission profile that included engine reignition, payload deployment, and controlled splashdown maneuvers.
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